Ep 204 MM Podcast, Problems with big boxes

[@edwardhorsman4506]

Loving seeing you both on camera and listening to you chatting. When you talk about the games you've played, could you give a very brief overview what the game is. Really enjoy listening to your enthusiasm, but have no idea what you're talking about when you mention moves and the like.

[@meepleminded]

That is a pretty good shout. We will endeavour to try and remember to talk about games in a tiny bit more depth knowing that not the entire world knows these games haha

[@edwardhorsman4506]

Had a thought about the whole expansions thing for games. I can't help draw parallels to DLC for computer games. If you buy a game, you would expect to have all the content in it, but if there are expansions, that means not all the stuff was meant to be there. Meaning that the game is actually far more than the original cost of the game. Look at Total War Warhammer with the ungodly amount of extra dlc for all three games. It feels a little like that the board game works is heading that way. Not quite sure how I feel about it

[@meepleminded]

No not an easy one to figure feelings on is it haha It's amazing how much a discussion about a box can cause tight lol

[@Simon_BoardStupid]

I don't think I would ever buy a big box if I already owned the game in parts. The storage/display benefits aren't worth it and in reality, transporting only the bits I want and not the entire thing it's easier to have a few smaller boxes. If there was a significant content addition included and I was interested in the actual game extras then I'd have a look, if it was the only way they were releasing it. Not worth it for lifestyle upgrades like the Century ones Ant described. The cost for a 'box of air' is a logistics issue, it's as much the volume as it is the weight that they charge for in shipping

[@Simon_BoardStupid]

If you're buying for the first time and the game + expansions have already been collected into a single package, that's a nice way to pick things up but otherwise these 'big box' releases largely leave me cold. Glad you guys enjoyed Navoria 😃